... these aspects in impacting UHI and housing energy consumption in small-scale apartment buildings of Mashhad, Iran. Design/methodology/approach The building industry has a significant impact on the UHI and energy consumption. This is especially critical in residential buildings. Balanced interrelationships...

...Mengxue Lu; Sanduni Peiris; Joseph H.K. Lai Purpose Buildings account for 40% of global energy consumption and 36% of energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To mitigate climate change and reduce the GHG emissions, enhancing the performance of buildings is the core of the energy and climate...

...Margherita Lisco; Henrik Szentes Purpose Digitalization and circularity are core elements to achieve sustainable development and call for innovation in the building sector. Although reusing building parts is recognized as a viable strategy, it requires adapted design approaches. Generative design...

... investments in energy conservation measures (ECMs) in campus buildings. Through an analysis of multiple years of investment in facility upgrades across the university, the impacts of ECMs of various types are characterized by building type. The standards and criteria for ECMs investments are also evaluated...

...Ibrahim Mahamid Purpose – The study aims at identifying the factors affecting labor productivity in building construction projects in the West Bank in Palestine from contractors’ viewpoint. Design/methodology/approach – To do so, 59 contractors working in building construction completed...

...CARLOS T. FORMOSO; PATRICIA TZORTZOPOULOS; RENATA LIEDTKE The performance of the product development process has a critical influence on the efficiency and duration of building projects, as well as on the quality of the final product. Despite its importance, relatively little attention has been...

...C.D. DALGLIESH; P.A. BOWEN; R.C. HILL Housing delivery systems have been classified as developmentally‐orientated or conventionally‐orientated. It has been claimed that a developmentally‐orientated approach to building procurement would encompass the parameters of community empowerment...

...ALAN GRIFFITH Environmental Assessment (EA) or Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is the recognized procedure for ensuring that the potential environmental effects of new building or engineering development are considered before planning approval is consented. There is no doubt that all...

..., investigation identifies the present level of awareness, raises current concerns and issues and looks at the likely future orientation of environmental management systems within the construction industry. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Building Construction Environment Management Organization Systems...